Pediatric germ cell tumors

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Horton, Zachary ^a   Schlatter, Marc ^a   Schultz, Sarah ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Dysgerminomas; Endodermal sinus tumors; Germ cell tumors; Gonadal tumors; Mediastinal tumors; Ovarian tumors; Retroperitoneal tumors; Sacrococcygeal tumors; Teratomas; Testicular tumors; Yolk sac tumors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTORCHISM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSGERMINOMA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; OTOTOXICITY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TERATOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PNEUMONIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SECOND CANCER; SEMINOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TERATOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 36048961799     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2007.07.005     Document Type: Review

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